Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-18
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must bow TO the expressed Will of the
party or leave Ii for more congenial
-anks. In short we want the Demos
cratic party to have an opinion upon
any and all questions and we want
that opinion fearle5sly expressed.
When the convention meets let the
Democratic view and the Democratic
policy be sharply and clearly defined |
upon all questions. Let the tariff |
question be settled; the relations be- |
tween capital and labor adjusted and
an opinion formed and declared upon
every political question. Earring In
terests and egotistical pretences must
be hushed and with a platform clear
ly understood, and understood alike
by every Democrat Is what we ar
IDENTIFY wish to see effected by our
next national convention and Ii done
1t matters not who may be the Dem
ocratic nominees, their election is GER
tain and the Democratic hold of pow
er fixed for many years to come.
Tribune and Sun: Climatic inf
uences seem to have a good deal to do
with thetone of Mr.. Sherman speech
es. His speeches at Nashville and
Springfield read like they came from
a different source, The Nashville
speech was a cheap bid for political
favors, and the Springfield speech
was the natural utterances Of the
man. Sherman Is a sectionalist OF
the worst type, and has done more to
keep up sectional animosities than
any man now in. public life.
States Democrat: However much
people may differ concerning the
feasibility of the plan to enact a pro-
hibition amendment in our State
constitution, or whatever their opin-
ions regarding the Constitutional
features and legal aspects of the ques-
ton, it is difficult to see wherein the
agitation of the subject can possibly
do harm. That the liquor traffic
is fruitful of evil, no man of calm OBJ
servation will deny, but whether
legislation to Danish 1t is legal and in
pursuance OF the spirity OF the FEEDER.
al constitution and the genius of oui
government, Is the question about
which men hold radically different
views. If the amendment fails, Ger.
tainly no injury has been done In
fixing in the public mind and con.
science and heart the evils of intern.
lance.
Obion Democrat: A deal of full.
some praise is showered on some
men for what the enthusiasts term
'eboldly and fearlessly declaring foi
prohibition" There Is nothing sc
very bold or fearless in such action
however commendable 1t may be. II
requires more nerve and boldness tt
declare against prohibition, in the
face of popular sentiment in favor o.
it, in most localities. We have ar
idea that there are numbers of noble
patriotsE and pie-eaters who would
be "fernist" prohibition If they were
not afraid. None of the so-calleC
political leaders of the State took thu
initiatory in the prohibition move
ment--the people moved and they
followed. Those Who honestly think
prohibition is wrong, and say SO, art
as deserving of respect as those wht
think it is right, and proclaim theil
belief. 1t is too late in the day to dis
play any great boldness by declaring
for prohibition. The credit belong
to the pioneers of the movement.
The Courier-J Journal has never sale
that the Nashville American, unde
its new organization and its latest ed
itor, is a Republican, but we do sa!
that, if we entertained its opinions
we would not lose moment in goin,
over to the Republicans, where w,
could consistently and logical.
maintain them. The tendency o
lsuch teachings inside the Democratic
party is to divide, to weaken and {.
defeat 1t. Under such teachings
Tennessee becomes q doubtful State
unless John Sherman's plan Of cam
paign is made the Republican policy
in which case the pressure of necessi
ty will probable hold 1t to its Demo
cratic moorings for a few more cleo
tions. AS to the Democratic platform
about which the editor Of the Amer
lean has so much to say, it does no
rest with him to interpret 1t. Th'
editor of the Courier-Journal, whom
in this connection the American &C
cuses of SO many direful and mysteri
GUS practices, was one of eight wh'
made the platform he voted, witt
the majority, for every disputes
clause, and against theminority, com
posed of Col. Coylar's friends; and
having failed to get what they wante'
Inf Chicapo II does not lie with a beat